About the book: 2012 / Frank Ezra Adcock, speaking from the position of an impartial historian, tries to give an objective and unbiased assessment of the Roman military machine and the peculiarities of warfare Greeks and Macedonians. Without examining the details of military campaigns, the author examines how ancient warriors disposed of the means that they had available, to what extent military successes at that time depended on the size of armies, on the skill of commanders and terrain conditions, and characterizes the most outstanding figures in military history Antiquity.